Inkjets uses fine sprays of ink. Lasers use a toner attracted to a heated drum. A thermal printer uses a heated print-head that burns an image onto treated paper. A Google search will provide much more info on thermal printers.
as its names appear it is use heat to print on a heat-sensitive paper. this kind of printer in used on fax machine
The word "thermal" means heat. The image is made by heat, not ink.
Instead of using ink to make letters show up, thermal printers use a special type of paper that darkens where heat is applied. So you can print from any program onto a thermal printer as long as you have paper that is specifically for a thermal printer.
Thermal Printers.
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A Thermal printers use print wires that are heated in the thermal printer so that they can burn dot patterns into special thermal paper, while thermal wax printers use thermal printhead to melt dots of wax-based ink from the transfer ribbon onto the paper. When the wax is cool, it is permanently attached to the page. Unlike direct thermal printer, the thermal wax printer does not require special paper to print on.
Epson thermal printers are mostly receipt and label printers. They use a ribbon ink cartridge, similar to those used on dot matrix printers and electronic typewriters.
Depends on the manufacturer and model
The HP has small cartriges so less ink in them to use
laser printer don't use ink. it uses toner cartridge..
The specific tools and the amount or type of ink depends on the brand and type of printer you are using and of course, the color of ink you are the in the most need of.
If you no longer have the user guide, the model number should be on the printer. With the model and brand you will be able to determine the type of ink cartridge needed.
Usually a printer can only use one type of ink, however you can look on the manufacturer's website to find what cartridges are compatible with your specific printer.
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